Just the opposite of my having an allergic reaction to a medication and having the orthopod's office's nurse say, "Oh gee, I think you might need to stop that." Given the red streaks running up my arm... duh! This was after he'd told me to just take Benedryl for the itching in my hands and ignore it.

I dunno, wanting to gouge out the skin in your hands always screams out "Warning! Warning! Danger Will Robinson!" to me, but then my pediatrician Dr. Joe Strayhorn taught me to pay close attention to what my body feels like when I'm at normal functioning. That was not normal!!

No, really. In my first real job (other than volunteering and signing up for open shifts), the head nurse told me to report to duty at 8AM on Monday, and on Tuesday when I didn't show up, she called. Obviously, not having 'worked' in health care, I honestly didn't realize that people had to worked regular schedules, and had been waiting for her call to tell me when they needed me to work again.

Welcome to my whining!

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